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Hey guys,
Got my rig set up and about to give overclocking my first attempt. My setup is as follows:
Core i5 750
MegaShadow Cooler with push/pull akasa apache fans
Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 motherboard
Geil Black Dragon 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850
Now the RAM was a bit of a mistake on my part as it's designed for X58 motherboards but hopefully it won't cause much of a bottleneck.
Here's a picture to see the airflow in the case:
I'm happy to follow the steps for overclock my CPU in the info that I've seen around the forums but my main conern right now is getting everything set up correctly before I start trying.
I've done some testing at stock settings with Prime 95 and Intel Burn and get the following max temp on full load results from Core Temp:
core 0: 50C
core1: 45C
core2: 45C
core3: 46C
Is that an indication that my thermal paste hasn't spread evenly? I'm using arctic silver and applying a rice grain size amount to the top of the CPU before attaching the heatsink.
How are these temps anyway for load on stock? They seem fairly high to my untrained eye.
Got my rig set up and about to give overclocking my first attempt. My setup is as follows:
Core i5 750
MegaShadow Cooler with push/pull akasa apache fans
Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 motherboard
Geil Black Dragon 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850
Now the RAM was a bit of a mistake on my part as it's designed for X58 motherboards but hopefully it won't cause much of a bottleneck.
Here's a picture to see the airflow in the case:
I'm happy to follow the steps for overclock my CPU in the info that I've seen around the forums but my main conern right now is getting everything set up correctly before I start trying.
I've done some testing at stock settings with Prime 95 and Intel Burn and get the following max temp on full load results from Core Temp:
core 0: 50C
core1: 45C
core2: 45C
core3: 46C
Is that an indication that my thermal paste hasn't spread evenly? I'm using arctic silver and applying a rice grain size amount to the top of the CPU before attaching the heatsink.
How are these temps anyway for load on stock? They seem fairly high to my untrained eye.